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National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention
The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling
and Use of Chemical Weapons (NACWC) is a multi lateral international treaty
which outlaws the production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and
their precursors. The CWC came into force with effect from 1997. By March
2016, 192 states have ratified or acceded to the treaty. The Organisation for
the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW); an intergovernmental
organization based in The Hague, Netherlands is the'treaty organisation' for
the CWC. The OPCW bagging the Nobel Peace Prize of 2013 is in recognition
of the Convention as a very effective Disarmament Treaty.
The National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention (NACWC)
was set up as an office of the Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India to fulfill,
on behalf of the Government of India, the obligations under the Chemical
Weapons Convention (CWC) and to act as the national focal point for effective
liaison with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
and other state parties on matters relating to the Convention. In 2000, Chemical
Weapons Convention Act was passed by the Parliament which came into force
in 2005. India is one of the four non-elected Members of the Executive Committee
(consisting of 41 members from all over the world) of the OPCW. India has
representation in the Advisory Body on Administrative and Finance (ABAF),
the Confidentiality Commission, Network Committee on Assistance and
Protection, Scientific Advisory Body (SAB) and the newly created Advisory
Body on Education and Outreach (ABEO) of the OPCW. India is an active
collaborator with OPCW and all other state parties in implementation of the
provisions of the Convention.
Project Monitoring Group
Project Monitoring Group (PMG), is an institutional mechanism for resolving
a variety of issues including fast tracking of approvals for setting up an
expeditious commissioning of large Public, Private and Public-Private
Partnership (PPP) project. Project Monitoring Group (PMG) was set up in 2013
under cabinet secretariat. PMG is presently functioning under Prime Minister's
Office (PMO) since 2015.
As part of its efforts to ensure timely disposal of applications submitted
by investors, PMG is monitoring the development and operation of online
digital platforms by various ministries and departments through its web portal
e-nivesh monitor (e-nivesh.gov.in). The monitoring mechanism has been
developed to track the progress achieved in online processing and disposal of
different types of clearances in various central ministries/departments, etc.
The portal tracks all digitalized proposals starting from the online submission
till clearance by pulling the information from various online central services/
clearance portals of ministries/departments, etc.